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Hatsune Miku successfully wraps Miku Expo 2026 North America tour with 100,000 attendees

Krista Rogers
Jun 24, 2026
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Almost 20 years after her debut, the Vocaloid virtual idol still has plenty of power to draw fans and transcend language barriers around the world.

Canada, Japan, Mexico, USA
(concert • Digital Stars • Hatsune Miku • J-Pop • Miku Expo 2026 • music • pop culture • virtual idol • virtual idols • Vocaloid • world tour)

This historical Kyoto zen garden is hosting a guitar and beatbox concert

Elliot Hale
May 9, 2026

Blending modern beats with the sounds of nature for a one-night-only ambient session.

Japan
(ambient • beatboxing • COK • concert • Gensuke Kanki • Japanese garden • Komyo-in • Kyoto • live event • modern music • moon • music • nature • performance • SHOW-GO • sound • temple • Time & Space • Tofukuji • Zen • zen garden)

Is it rude to sing along at concerts in Japan? We ask a pro musician for his take

Krista Rogers
Dec 26, 2025

A recent online debate has sparked some fierce opinions about whether it’s OK for fans to sing along at concerts.

Japan
(audience • COK • concert • conerts • etiquette • interview • live music • music • musicians • SNJO • society)

K-Arena Yokohama is ranked the music venue with second-highest number of attendees in the world

Krista Rogers
Jan 2, 2025

The arena, which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary, is already a major home for global musical acts.

Japan
(arena • concert • entertainment • K-Arena Yokohama • live • Minato Mirai • music • Pollstar • singers • venue • Yokohama)

Japanese underground idol group GE’LMINATii react to meeting our reporter, their secret songwriter

Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2024

Sometimes the tables are turned and the idoliser becomes the idolised.

Japan
(COK • concert • coo • Ge'lminatii • idol group • idol singers • Idols • Japanese idols • live • live house • music • oshi • parents • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • touching • visual kei)

What is “Hiroshima skipping” and why does it have many music and idol fans in Hiroshima upset?

Krista Rogers
Aug 13, 2024

The phenomenon has been picking up buzz online in recent months among disgruntled residents, though there may be hope on the horizon.

Japan
(concert • entertainment • Hiroshima • Hiroshima Green Arena • Hiroshima skipping • idol • live • music • survey • tour • travel • venue • Yume Banchi)

Evangelion singer cancels appearance at anime orchestra concert over use of AI-generated artwork

Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2024

“Cruel Angel’s Thesis” singer says she can’t see eye-to-eye with organizers of Tokyo anime concert series.

Japan
(AI • AI art • anime • concert • Evangelion • generative AI • manga • music • Yoko Takahashi)

Epic Japanese rock band Luna Sea to return to Tokyo Dome for the first time in 14 years

Krista Rogers
Jun 4, 2024

Luna Sea, one of the defining sounds of Japanese rock, will take to the stage of Japan’s preeminent music venue as part of its 35th anniversary tour.

Japan
(35th Anniversary • anniversary • concert • LUNA SEA • music • rock • Tokyo Dome • tour • venue • visual kei)

What it’s like to attend an idol concert where they’re singing lyrics that you wrote【Pt. II】

Krista Rogers
Jul 14, 2023

Our musician reporter Seiji attends the one-year anniversary concert of idol group Gilty x Gilty, who sang a song that he penned.

Japan
(COK • composer • concert • Idols • lyrics • music • odaiba • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • Zepp Diver City)

Multi-orchestra video game music festival to be held at the online Tokyo Game Show 2021

Master Blaster
Aug 31, 2021

TGS2021 is making the best of yet another online convention.

Japan
(concert • music • music festivals • orchestra • streaming • TGS2021 • Tokyo Game Show 2021 • video games)

Anime song dance performance group Real Akiba Boys: combining the otaku life with street dancing

Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2021

Anime music and breakdancing? Sign us up!

Japan
(Akihabara • anime music • anime songs • break dancing • concert • dance • dance troop • live performance • otaku • Real Akiba Boys • vocaloids)

We take on Japan’s latest crazy anime pose: The two-person peace sign【Photos】

Krista Rogers
Jul 22, 2019

The part about being a bishonen idol is entirely optional.

Internet, Japan
(anime • concert • idol • Idolish7 • Kamikaze Douga • live • peace sign • pose • Re:vale • song • trendy)

Scuffle with iron pipe breaks out at anime music concert, police quell the belligerent otaku

Krista Rogers
Jan 28, 2019

Net users agree that the antics of these so-called fans were just plain rude.

Internet, Japan
(Animax Musix • anime • concert • nuisance • Osaka • police • scuffle • seiyu • voice actor)

DJ Hello Kitty drops the beat and F-bombs at all-night Sanrio Puroland Halloween event【Video】

Master Blaster
Nov 1, 2018

“Motherf#%$ers, go!”

Japan
(concert • crazy • EDM • funny • halloween • Hello Kitty • Puroland • Sanrio • video • weird)

Mega Man rock concert coming this July in honor of 30th anniversary

Master Blaster
Apr 21, 2018

Time to look back at the fine history of Mega Man… except the Captain N stuff. Let’s all agree to forget about that.

Japan
(Capcom • concert • event • Mega Man • music • Rock Man • Tokyo • video games)

Golden Bomber wows the crowd with an eight-second concert

Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2017

Sometimes less is more….

Japan
(concert • Golden Bomber • Guinness world records • Tokyo • visual kei • White Stripes)

Robot-performed Love Live! idol show in Akihabara sums up Japan in one video【Video】

Scott Wilson
Nov 3, 2016

Robots? Check. Anime? Check. Creepy but still cute? Oh definitely check.

Japan
(Akihabara • concert • idol • love live • Pepper • robots)

Hey! You’ll definitely want to listen to the Legend of Zelda’s 30th Anniversary concerts

KK Miller
Jul 2, 2016

It’s dangerous to go alone, so go forth with epic and powerful music.

Japan
(30th anniversary • concert • live • music • orchestra • the legend of Zelda)

Is the year-end Arashi Concert about to go high-tech with facial recognition for attendees?

Kay
Dec 18, 2015

Rumors are flying around the Japanese internet that facial recognition technology may be introduced at least partially at the Arashi concerts being held later this month.

Japan
(arashi • concert • facial recognition • Johnny's)

Japanese idol unit plans concert for men only, draws complaints from women’s organization

Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2015

The city of Dazaifu, located in Fukuoka Prefecture, has a couple of nice cultural sites, such as the Tenmangu Shinto shrine and Komyozenji Buddhist temple. It’s pretty short on modern, youth-oriented attractions, though, so many of the city’s younger residents were probably thrilled when they heard that Momoiro Clover Z, one of Japan’s most popular idol units, would be holding a concert in their relatively sleepy town.

Many of them were less thrilled, though, when it was announced that the concert would be held only for male fans, a decision that’s drawn complaints from a local women’s group.